Jules
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Registered: 26th Nov 04
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....can be found HERE
Pics don't seem to be in any particular order but the work that's gone into is is 'mazin 
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Ben-B
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Registered: 28th Jul 08
Location: the lovely Nottingham
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philip2
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Registered: 1st Oct 06
Location: n.wales/chester
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one of my favourites.
very sound lad to talk too, think i may do another bug in a couple of years! get a ragtop chassis from the states
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Jules
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Just buy the rollback roof and get it welded in - seem the easier way these day, whilst you're at it get a oval or split rear window grafted in, and a twin oval dash, and a cabrio decklid.........
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philip2
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Registered: 1st Oct 06
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ive got a ragtop shell at my mates and a gen golde ragtop too, just i sold the pan, which bit gutted as it was a semi auto with IRS and new pans!!
+ shell needs bottom 6inches doing!
did have a 2165 turbo i built, but as didnt have car finished i sold it all
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Jules
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Genuine ragtop shell would be worth a bit now I'd imagine? What year is it?
I'm assuming it's a big window
Shouldn't worry about the bottom 6" - it's almost a expected thing to have to replace that doing a resto these days lol
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jimmy 2.1
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Registered: 17th Oct 05
Location: Shipley, West Yorkshire
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WOW! Awesome!
The yanks really do know how to build proper custom cars!
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philip2
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its a 68, but tbh its an oddball, it had the ragtop put in by some company in london many many years ago(think when new, but i never got any paperwork off my mate it got it from.
i think ill definately do another one, but has to be a cgae'd ragtop, pref pre 63
[Edited on 18-12-2008 by philip2]
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Jules
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'68 so it'll be a early stand up headlight model?
Mine was a early '67 and one of the last sloping light models I think, also had early US small red rear lights, W decklid, long bonnet, chrome blade bumpers, EMPI 5's, one piece windows.....and it was purple with colour coded wheels - SoCal FTW
By god it was cool, impractical as fuck but so so cool!
[Edited on 18-12-2008 by Jules]
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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Do you like split screen campers as well Jules?
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gianluigi
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Registered: 9th Mar 05
Location: Ipswich, Suffolk
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air cooled and tax free
Horrendus to drive though 
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philip2
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Registered: 1st Oct 06
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first car i had 4years ago when past test was a 69 semi auto converted to manual.
1776cc, ported stock valve heads, twin 40 dcnf's on gene berg folds, engle w110 cams, CW crank.
spax all round, f560 205/70/15 on rears, debumpered, traction bar, torque bar, stripped out, etc, mate who bought the shell reckons when launching it was lilfting the front. made 115@wheels at 6k...dont know why it went so well but made 30bhp more than mates 1914 oval with BV heads, webcam 109cam, merged header etc.
awesome at traiffic lights, proper cal-look
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philip2
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if had money, something like these are kool:
$6500
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